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- Development Kit Contents
- Available Documentation
- Reference Designs and Design Examples
- Related Links
The Altera® Stratix® IV GX FPGA Development Kit delivers a complete system-level design environment that includes both the hardware and software needed to immediately begin developing FPGA designs. With this PCI-SIG-compliant board and a 1-year license for Quartus® II design software, you can:
- Develop and test PCI Express 2.0 (up to x8 lane) endpoint and rootpoint designs
- Develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR3 and/or QDR II+ memory
- Build designs capable of migrating to Altera's low-cost HardCopy® IV ASICs.
- Add other Stratix IV GX FPGA-supported protocol interfaces such as 10-Gigabit Ethernet, CPRI, OBSAI, SAS/SATA, Serial RapidIO®, and many others by taking advantage of this board's modular capability through the high-speed mezzanine connectors and over 20 different high-speed mezzanine cards (HSMCs) available through Altera partners.
Ordering Information
| Table 1. Altera's Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit Ordering Information (1) | ||
| Ordering Code | Price | Ordering Information |
|---|---|---|
| DK-DEV-4SGX230N | $4,495
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The Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit features a -C2 (fast) speed grade production silicon device and includes a 1-year license for the Quartus II Design Software, Development Kit Edition (DKE). Buy online via Altera's eStore or contact your local Altera distributor to place your order. |
- You can purchase optional high-speed mezzanine connector interface-compatible daughtercards, adapters, or cables to use with your development kit.
Development Kit Contents
The Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit features the following:
- Stratix IV GX FPGA development board (see Figure 1)
- Featured device
- Stratix IV GX EP4SGX230KF40C2N FPGA
- Configuration status and set-up elements
- Fast passive parallel (FPP) configuration via a MAX® II EPM2210 CPLD and flash memory
- On-board USB-BlasterTM download cable using Quartus II Programmer
- Clocks
- On-board clock oscillators: 50 MHz, 100 MHz, 125 MHz, 148.5 MHz, 155.52 MHz, and 156.25 MHz
- SMA connectors for external clock input
- SMA connectors for clock output
- General user input/output
- LEDs
- LCD display
- Push-button and DIP switches
- Memory devices
- 512-MByte DDR3 SDRAM with a 64-bit data bus
- 128-MByte DDR3 SDRAM with a 16-bit data bus
- Two 4-MByte QDR II+ SRAMs with 18-bit data buses
- 64-MByte Sync Flash and 2-MByte SSRAM
- Component and interfaces
- PCI Express x8 edge connector
- 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet PHY with RJ-45 connector
- Two HSMC connectors
- HDMI video output
- 3G SDI video input and output
- Power measurement circuitry
- Temperature measurement circuitry
- Power
- Laptop DC input
- PCI Express edge connector power
- Power measurement circuitry
- Other features
- PCI Express half-length full-height (6.6" x 4.376") board format
- RoHS compliant
- Featured device
- Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit CD-ROM
- Design Examples
- Board Update Portal featuring the Nios® II processor web server and remote system update
- Board Test System
- Complete documentation (see Table 2)
- Design Examples
- Altera's Complete Design Suite DVD
- Quartus II Software Development Kit Edition includes support for Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs
- 1-year license included
- Nios II Embedded Design Suite
- MegaCore® IP Library includes PCI Express, Triple-Speed Ethernet, SDI, and DDR3 High-Performance Controller MegaCore IP cores
- IP evaluation available through OpenCore Plus
- Quartus II Software Development Kit Edition includes support for Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs
- Loopback and debug HSMCs
- Power adapter and cables
Figure 1. Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Board
Available Documentation
| Table 2. Collateral for the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit | ||
| Document | Description | Version |
|---|---|---|
| User Guide | Information about setting up the Stratix IV GX FPGA development board and using the included software | 9.1.0 |
| Reference Manual | Detailed information about board components and interfaces | 9.1.0 |
| Full installation of all files including reference manual, user guide, quick-start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, Board Update Portal example file, Board Test System example file, etc. | 9.1.0 (1) |
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| Kit Installation (Boards with Engineering Sample (ES) Silicon) | Full installation of all files including reference manual, user guide, quick-start guide, BOM, layout, PCB, schematics, Board Update Portal example file, Board Test System example file, etc. | 9.1.0 (1) |
- This kit installation works with Quartus II Development Kit Edition software version 9.1.
Reference Designs and Design Examples
Table 3 provides a list of Stratix IV GX designs, not delivered with the kit, but available for download.
Note: The following designs have only been tested to run on kits that have engineering sample silicon.
| Table 3. Designs for the Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit | |||
| Design Name | Other Software Requirements (1) | Other Hardware Requirements | Availability |
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| Serial RapidIO to TI 6488 DSP Reference Design |
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| PCI Express High-Performance Reference Design |
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| POSPHY L4 SPI-4.2 Loopback Design Example |
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| PCI Express-to-DDR3 SDRAM Reference Design |
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| 10-Gbps Ethernet Hardware Demonstration Reference Design |
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- Quartus II Development Kit Edition software and the MegaCore IP Library are standard software requirements for all kits.
